Carpet.



No. 634,797. Patented not. lo, pass.

.1. BmNEY CARPET. (Appliction filed Mgr. 22, 1893. Renewed Aug. 25,-1899.) -I (Secimens.)

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l had-therein to the accompanying drawings.

- VA and B, one of which is of the color of the the binding-weftnot onlyserves to maintain be of cotton.

will be no break in the color of the surface of the minute binding-weftwill notbe noticed in the'nished carpet.

figured fabric the colors UNITED .',Sgrn'lrns PATENT Erica.

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Y SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,797,

CARPET.

dated. Gabber' 1c, ieeel Appnmitn nt Matt 22,1893. nenmftiugua 25,1899.sentano. 728,511. (spammer To @Zt wiz/07115 it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BIRNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in-the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarpets, of which the following isa specification, reference being Myinvention relates to certain improve@` ments in carpets, and has for itsobject to. provide a durable carpet which maybe man u vfactured at smallcost.

The invention consists in the novel construction of carpet'hereinafterdescribed and claimed.4 f i Inthe accompanying drawings, ,Figure lis adiagrammatic plan view of apiece of carpet woven in accordance with myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional View ofthe same on the line 2 2,Fig. l. 1 1

In weaving va carpet in accordance with my invention I employ two setsof warp-threads figure to be woven in the carpet and the other being thecomplementary or ground color. also employ a hea\ y'iilling.weft,C andavery thin binding-weft D.: The lling-weft causes the carpet to presenta ribbed appearance, and

the same colored warp uppermost throughout the carpet, but also causesthe warp-threads 'to-bind tightly around the iilling-weft. Thefilling-weft is formed of a cord'of jute or other suitable material,while the bindingweft may The filling-wefts are arranged together asclosely'as possible, so that there and the presence In the weaving of awidth of the fabric.

andrelative positions of .thenpper and lower "warp-threads must bechanged, and this is accomplished by weaving in -the manner shown atm inthe drawings, the positions of the hedweft and iilling-weft being atintervals re quired by the-pattern 4in the same shed, so that the coloris changed without losing the rib effect produced by the binding-weft,ex-

cepting at small intervals' throughout' .ther

has heretofore been pro'- I am aware that it striped or posed tomanufacture plain on checked fabrics with alternate filling-weft andbinding-weft 'threads to produce a rib 'i effect; but in such caseswhere the change of color takes place altogether omitted and only plainsquare the binding-weft must be checks can be produced, while the ribeffect is entirely lost. Y Having thus described my invention, whatIclaim, and desire .to secure by Letters Patent, is-'y colored warps,and alternate lling andbindr ing weft threads,said lling and bindingwefts being boundv together in a single shed at each' change of colorAto produce the necessary pat.a

substantially asdescribed;

, 57e A iigured carpet fabric comprising vari- ,Y

In testimony whereof I aiixmy fsignature

